JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 93-97 , February 2009

Profile of Physicians in the Nursing Home: Time Perception and Barriers to Optimal Medical Practice

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest relating to this article.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00265-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.07.007

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 93-97 , February 2009